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Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town Newbie Guide by Nick34.
Copyright (c) 2005 Nick34
Table of Contents
Version History
Money
Frequently Asked Questions
Recipes
Events **UNDER CONSTRUCTION**
Odds And Ends
Credits
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Version 0.7
Date: Wednesday, May 18th 2005
To Do List/Authors Notes:
-Finish Events
-Add the " Glitches, Misspellings and Rumors True or False Section
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+++++++++Spring+++++++++
-Play the Harvest Goddess game and try to win Tea Leaves, Pirate Treasure
And Fish Fossils, ship them
-Put eggs in incubators and keep the makers, when incubator is full
Use the eggs for mayo, when the chick is born, raise it to a few hearts
And sell it
-have maximum cows; take the milk after you buy the cheese maker
and make cheese then ship it.
-make half of your field grass, and the other half cabbage and a desired
Crop.
-Lay grass out in groups like this:
XXX
XXX
XXX
And crops like this:
XXX
XXX
X_X
XXX
XX
XXX
X_X
XXX
XXX
XXX
XX
XXX
the _ is there so there is more visuality on the space between
-Place honey and foraged items in the bin
-mine and fish if you have spare time
-use horse race moneymaker (see bottom)
-if you have the teleport stone use the mine hint to get to floor 30
Of the winter mine and get pink diamonds, ship them
-give flowers found around the mother's hill and forest to the goddess,
She could give you white grass every once and a while
-when digging in the mines and field, eat the black grass and you may
Also dig up some gold (not very much, about 10-50 each time)
+++++++++Summer+++++++++
-Replace the half of your field with corn and a desired crop
If you run out of chicken feed use corn
-Forage and Honey
-Fish and Mine at your own free Will
-If you have a level 6 cursed/blessed/mythic fishing rod, catch pirate
Treasures and ship them for 10k gold each
-if you have the teleport stone use the mine hint to get to floor 30
Of the winter mine and get pink diamonds, ship them
-give flowers found around the mother's hill and forest to the goddess,
She could give you white grass every once and a while
-if you have Orichalc give it to Saibara and have him make you a broach
It costs 1000 gold and you can sell it for 2000 gold
-fish on the beach day and fireworks festival, infinite stamina until
Basket is full, and rucksack
-animals & makers
-when digging in the mines and field, eat the black grass and you may
Also dig up some gold (not very much, about 10-50 each time)
+++++++++Fall+++++++++
-ship honey and apples
-fill the other half of your field ALL SWEET POTATOES
-use horse race moneymaker
-to save money, use an apple on the harvest festival
-forage
-fish and mine at will
-view the shooting star festival, on Fall 11th on year 5, 10, 15 etc go to
The peak of mother's hill from 5pm (6)-8pm I believe. Make a wish to
Double profits, the next day, ship as much as you can, if you finish,
Buy chocolate and ship those, they cost 100 g and normally ship for 100
However, since it doubles you will receive 200g each.
-if you have the teleport stone use the mine hint to get to floor 30
Of the winter mine and get pink diamonds, ship them
-give flowers found around the mother's hill and forest to the goddess,
She could give you white grass every once and a while
-Make friends with Carter and go behind the church for two truffles,
A mushroom and a poisonous mushroom
-have a level 6+ hammer and remove the giant "sone" to find a truffle.
-animals
-when digging in the mines and field, eat the black grass and you may
Also dig up some gold (not very much, about 10-50 each time)
+++++++++Winter+++++++++
-MINE MINE MINE
-Use the make friends with carter thing (see fall) to find a white grass
-animals
-fish at your will, and ship honey.
-a white grass behind gotz's house
-when digging in the mines and field, eat the black grass and you may
also dig up some gold (not very much, about 10-50 each time)
++++++++++++Horse Race Money Maker++++++++++++++
Use this in fall and spring
Go to the horse race with a basket and empty rucksack. Save beforehand
And enter Rose Square, watch the horse races and record who wins, bet on
Those horses. Afterwards use the medals to get broaches, fill the basket
With them, and all nine spots of your rucksack. Go back to your farm.
The next day drop of the broaches and go to rose square to pick up the
Basket you left behind. Ship those
+++++++++++++Mine Hint+++++++++++++++
Make a bunch of Elli Leaves
Utensils
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Sugar
Salt
Vinegar
Soy Sauce
Miso
Knife
Frying Pan
Oven
Pot
Ingredients
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Six Types of Different Burnt Food (use a piece of fodder with a different
Utensil)
Bodigizer XL
Turbojolt XL
Now go to the mine and save the file to one slot, dig until you find
The stairs, reload and dig in the same spot, go down and save to the
Other slot. Repeat. If the Room is a dead end, reload from slot one
Before you went down and go down again. If you want to dig, once done, eat
An Elli leaf
+++++++++Shooting Star Event (more detailed) +++++++++
On Fall 10 between 6pm and 12 every five years (5, 10, 15, 20) you can go to
The peak of mother's hill to activate this hidden event (only if it is sunny.)
You are given three choices, if you choose number 3 (more money) the next day
You will be given twice the money for every item shipped. So save some broaches
Pirate treasures, anything for this. If you run out of things go on a chocolate
Rampage and stuff those in your basket and ship them, 1 chocolate costs 100G
and ships for 100G, double that and you make a profit of 100G each time.
+++++++++Festival Rucksack Trick+++++++++
In a festival, use A+B together to bring up the rucksack, that way you can see
How much room or on the beach day/fireworks festival you have. Also useful if
You catch a can/boot. Press start with the cursor over the image to remove
The item without littering.
+++++++++Saving Time+++++++++
To save time for foraging and fishing etc, get the harvest sprites to help
you, give them flour as a gift, it takes about six flours to gain them a heart,
So 18 flours until they work for you (3 hearts) 1-flour costs 50gold so 18 will
Cost 900 gold.
+++++++++Foraging Locations+++++++++
Spring
Bamboo Shootsx3- Mothers Hill, by the Lake
Blue Grassx2- By Gotz's House
Blue Grass-Hot springs
Orange Grassx2-Beach
Yellow Grassx2-Beach
Summer
Purple Grass x4-Beach
Red Grass-Mothers Hill (Near Lake)
Red Grass-Cemetery
Red Grass-Forest
Red Grass-Hot Springs
Green Grass x2- Mothers Hill (Near Lake)
Green Grass-Hot Springs
Green Grass-Forest
Wild Grapes-Forest
Wild Grapes-Mothers Hill (Near Lake)
Blue Grass x2-Forest
Blue Grass-Hot Springs
Fall
Red Grass x2- Hot Springs
Red Grass-Cemetery
Red Grass-Mothers Hill (Near Lake)
Red Grass-Forest
Green Grass x2-Mothers Hill (Near Lake)
Green Grass-Hot Springs
Green Grass-Forest
Truffle x2-Behind Church
Truffle-Behind the "Sone" (Mothers Hill)
Mushrooms-Forest
Mushrooms-Near Peak of Mothers Hill
Mushrooms-Behind Church
Poisonous Mushroom-Forest
Poisonous Mushroom-Behind Church
Indigo Grass x2-Beach
Winter
White Grass-Forest
White Grass-Behind Church
+++++++++Pippin44's Winter Guide+++++++++
Money.
This is a hard time to get money right? Wrong. These are ways to get
Money.
Chickens- are a good way with the eggs. Outside they do not need food,
But is rare to have good days all the time. You can spa boil it to add 60 to
A regular egg.
Winter mine- sell at least 10 gems. It is located at Kappa's pond. You will
Really want a basket. GET ONE.
White grass- it is located behind Carters church and behind Gotz house, in
the slit of land.
Now you have made about 700. (may go much higher)
Other things I can do. No farming...
-Fish! You can sell them, give boots to May, and have much time to do it!
- Upgrade tools! Storms will hit a lot.
-Make more friends.
-mine for gems
-sleep
My poor animals....
I know storms hit like every week. Try having the sprites do things for you.
Always have two potions for taking sickness away.
BEFORE you use aid, brush and care for them first. It may go away.
They usually cannot go out so hearts will not go up as quickly. Feed and brush
Them everyday.
Days
Enjoy the holidays. Valentines Day, Starry Festival, stocking festival,
and New years. Always take as much food as you can. get a bigger sack.
Have as much fun as you can.
+++++++++Coverts Tips+++++++++
Crops - Turnips your first Spring, then cabbages following Springs,
Using the Harvest Sprites to help you water and harvest; pineapples
in Summer; sweet potatoes in Fall - this is the big money-maker.
Animals - Cows and chickens are the mainstay of any successful farm.
Get as many cows as you can, and buy a couple of chickens and
Incubate eggs to make more. Treat them well (talk to cows, brush cows,
Milk cows, pick up chickens) and once they get more hearts you'll really
Start making the money - especially if you win the corresponding festivals
and leave your animals outside for 600 in-game hours, to produce P-products.
Fishing - Upgrade your fishing rod to gold or higher to be able to catch
Large fish, which sell for a healthy 200 G apiece. Once you get the
Cursed (preferably blessed) rod, you can catch pirate treasures in Summer
(which sell for 10000 G apiece) and fish fossils in Fall (which sell
For 5000 G apiece).
Foraging - Always pick up random stuff that grows - you can get quite a bit
Of extra money (at least 1000 G) each day just from picking up the stuff
You find in the wild.
Mining - Just doing a bit of random mining, with the basket, will net you
a few thousand dollars a day. Getting pink diamonds (10000 G), alexandrite
(10000 G), or mythic stones (20000 G) will surely help your income.
Shooting Star Event - Store up all your valuable items (pineapples,
Pirate treasures, etc.) and ship them all once every five years on
Fall 11th and you will make twice as much for everything.
Horse Races - Get a lot of tickets by betting on races and buy a
bunch of broaches, filling up your basket. You can then ship them for
a lot of profit, and make ~70000 G.
+++++++++Tool Upgrades Tip+++++++++
Let us say you have a copper fishing rod, and you want to upgrade it to
Silver, its 2000 gold. BUT, if you save it for later and upgrade to
Mystrile after you have enough Experience and gold its 5000. Which means
If you were going to upgrade to Mystrile later it would have cost
7000 instead of 5000. Saving you 2000 gold
+++++++++Full Field Tip+++++++++
If you have a whole field of crops, try
using three harvesting sprites and four watering sprites.
Do the animals yourself so you can use the makers.
+++++++++Joes Section+++++++++
+++Mining+++
Making the most of the mines
Check out my trick for a good profit once you get the basket
+ biggest rucksack, and want to make the most of the
Spring mine:
This might be hard to do, but according to my research, a basket
full of Orichalc and/or Adamantine as well as the 8 spaces of the
Rucksack, can be sold for 1,900G! This is a lot!
[You should bring an Elli leaf or two, considering that 30 may
take a lot of levels, unless you go back up after level 11.]
You could easily do that five times a day for a whooping 9,500G
a day!
Imagine, in one week, that is 66,500G!
Moreover, in one month, a whooping 266,000G!
And in one year, of just mining 38 Orichalc and/or Adamantine,
5 times a day, 7 days a week, 4 weeks a month, and in 4 months,
An astonishing 1,064,000G!
Think about it....
It is just about the profit of 16 large cheese cows + 8 large
Mayo chickens a year!
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Winter mine
Here we go:
Now, as you may have been thinking after seeing how you can exploit the spring
mine, now for the winter mine. This one has more profits because before spring
First, year3, you'll only have 1/4 of the year to mine in it.
What I'm going to do, is that I'm going to list the common gems,
which excludes the pink diamonds and alexandrite*
To find out at what floors they're located at, look @ cher's site
Moon stone:
2,090G per unit**
10,450G per day (@ 5 units a day)
73,150G per week (@ 5 units a day)
292,600G per season (@ 35 units a week)
1,170,400G per year (same measurements as before***)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Sand rose and/or Amethyst
2,280G per unit**
11,400G per day (@ 5 units/day)
79,800G per week (@ 5 units a day)
319,200G a season (preceding rules apply)
1,276,800G a year (preceding rules apply)***
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Agate
2,356G per unit
11,780G per day (5 units)
82,460G per week (35 units)
329,840G per season (140 units)
1,319,360G per year (560 units)***
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Fluorite
2,470G per unit
12,350G per day (5 units)
86,450G per week (35 units)
345,800G per season (140 units)
1,383,200G per year (560 units)***
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Peridot
2,584G per unit
12,920G per day (5 units)
90,440G per week (35 units)
361,760G per season (140 units)
1,447,040G per year (560 units)***
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Topaz
2,660G per unit
13,300G per day (5 units)
93,100G per week (35 units)
372,400G per season (140 units)
1,489,600G per year (560 units)***
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ruby
2,885G per unit
14,250G per day (5 units)
99,750G per week (35 units)
399,000G per season (140 units)
1,596,000G per year (560 units)***
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Emerald
3,040G per unit
15,200G per day (5 units)
106,400G per week (35 units)
425,600G per season (140 units)
1,702,400G per year (560 units)***
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Diamond
3,800G per unit
19,000G per day (5 units)
133,000G per week (35 units)
532,000G per season (140 units)
2,128,000G per year (560 units)***
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*the reason being, you won't even get 2 on each level they're found on
** unit=1 basket full + the 8 rucksack spaces
*** you're going to need the teleport stone Wink
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And there you go! As you can see, the diamonds are the best for winter,
doubling the Adamantite’s profit, plus it's at the same level, although
the diamond will only reappear at multiples of 10.
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[harvestlooney of unot sent the following in]
I'm an avid miner and if you extend this to pink diamonds/alexandrite,
here are the calculations. I reload and get at least 2 pink diamonds/
alexandrite per floor. That means you have to mine down to (30, 50, 70, 90)
and just based on the 8 spaces in the rucksack:
Pink Diamonds/Alexandrite
80,000G per unit*
240,000G per day (3 units) just picked 3 as a number
1,680,000G per week (21 units)
6,720,000G per season (84 units)
+++++++++++++
* 1 p. diamond/alexandrite unit is 8 items
+++++++++++++
And the ultimate reason why alexandrite and p. diamonds are so hard to find
Note: 1 unit here is 38 items
380,000G a unit
1,900,000G a day (5 units)
13,300,000G a week(35 units)
53,200,000G a month(140 units)
212,800,000G a year(560 units)
+++Fishing+++
In the begging, when you first get the fishing rod from zack's house,
fishing isn't really that good, it's time consuming and most fish you catch
are small.
Once you get the copper or silver fishing rod, though, you can reel in the
cash!
Standard
Catches: small fish
Profit: 50G a fish, 1,500G a basket
Rucksack Bonus: small: 100G extra
medium: 200G extra
large: 400G extra
Copper:
Catches: small and medium fish
Profit: - 50G small fish (1,500G a basket)
- 120G medium fish (3,600G a basket)
Rucksack Bonus: small: -small fish, 100G extra
-medium fish, 240G extra
medium: -small fish: 200G extra
-medium fish: 480G extra
large: -small fish, 400G extra
-medium fish, 960G extra
Silver:
Catches: small and medium fish
Profit: - 50G small fish (1,500G a basket)
- 120G medium fish (3,600G a basket)
Rucksack Bonus: small: -small fish, 100G extra
-medium fish, 240G extra
medium: -small fish: 200G extra
-medium fish: 480G extra
large: -small fish, 400G extra
-medium fish, 960G extra
Gold:
Catches: medium and large fish
Profit: -120G medium fish (3,600G a basket)
- 200G large fish (6,000G a basket)
Rucksack Bonus: small: -medium fish, 240G extra
-large fish, 400G extra
medium: -medium fish, 480G extra
-large fish, 800G extra
large: -medium fish, 960G extra
-large fish, 1,600G extra
Mystrile:
Catches: Large fish (and other things... )
Profit: 200G a large fish (6,000G a basket)
Rucksack Bonus: -small: 400G extra
-medium: 800G extra
-large: 1,600G extra
Cursed, Blessed, & Mythic
Catches: Large fish, Pirate Treasure (Summer), Fish Fossil (Fall)
Profit: 200G a large fish (6,000 a basket), 10,000G a Pirate Treasure,
& 5,000G a Fish Fossil
Rucksack bonus: small: 400G, 20,000G, 10,000G
medium: 800G, 40,000G, 20,000G
large: 1,600G, 80,000G, 40,000G
+++++++++Loreana’s Strategy+++++++++
With crops first to second year. The first time I made friends
with the harvest sprites it was a little late in the year but
by fall 4 sprites worked for me. I planted 43 bags of
sweet potatoes and let them do most of the work.
With all the help I gave them it still was a lot for them to
harvest and since my watering can wasn't up to level 2 yet it was a
lot of work. I made over 600k that fall and spent
200k + that winter doing ALL the upgrades.
This was a little silly but I thought
"I want that vacation house" by the second year I got smarter.
I have shifts of 3 water 3 harvest and 1 animals.
2 of my waterers are hard to catch on the field but get the
job done fast leaving the harvesters to harvest. If it is too
much I help by doing the edges. I also find it the easiest to
have them all working 3 seven then the following day 4 seven.
This leaves me one day in between to go to there house and
call them to work the next day this way there is no time in
between where I have to work. If there is going to be a
festival sometime in there, look at there schedule as
you cannot go to there house. They will work festivals
so tell them two days before the festival to take a
break. Then ask them back the next day. And so on
and so on. Most say that there heart level drops fast
if you have them work to long. Well here is the answer
to that.
Get the sprites up to 3 hearts after that ask them
to work 7 days. For the first few days give them
gifts while they work. I personally find their heart
level goes up a bit faster while working. Once they
are up to 6 hearts stop giving gifts.
When their hearts go down to 4 give one gift each for
3 days, rinse and repeat.
For making money I do like everyone says. But with as
difference. What I do is use the sprites to the max. I didn't get
100 of each item till the second year so that is what I did the second year.
Buy 12 of each sellable crop (not including magic seeds) that doesn't regroup.
This will give you 108 crops of each. Making it a fast way to get to 100.
With money crops like sweet potatoes plant as many as you can afford or
fit into your field. Use the sprites as mentioned above and you will be
rich by the end of the season, just remember their level of exp help if needed.
It goes unsaid that if you have all your 100 crops and only need a certain
crop for lets say a gift, cooking, or chicken feed a lot a section of your
field for that crop, but I'm warning you, be first to the crop before the
sprites get there cause with their exp. level's going up the faster they
will be, so I like to place these crops at the lower left corner of your field.
Now every 5 years in the game you get the shooting star event. Here he Plan
ahead, far ahead. Use the trick with the horse race and buy broaches to
fill the basket and your rucksack, but instead of filling your sack and
picking up the basket, I want you to leave the basket behind full. and
leave with arms full. (this will only be usable if you have the cabinet.)
go home and place all broaches in your cabinet and go back and get your
basket which will be your profit. By the end of the year you will have
18 broaches and in 5 years you will have 81 broaches. You still make money
off the items in the basket but save some for 2x the money in 5 years if you
choose the third option. It is similar idea for foraging and crops. I like to
leave most of my profits up to my crops but the cabinet and fridge will hold
more than 99 of each item, by using another square.
Collect poisonous mushrooms, truffles, various grasses,
pirate treasure, fossils, red magic grass, x wool, x egg,
x milk, mythic stone etc. List of shipping items
http://www.fogu.com/hm4/farm/complete_list.Save multiple
squares in your third and fourth year of sweet potatoes
and cabbage. I know it kind of sounds odd to save it when
you can have the money now but if you can afford it save it.
I haven't made it to the fifth year in the game I am playing
now but the first time I played I only had 99 sweet potatoes
and I made 23,760g so imagine all the top priced items saved
for the shooting star event $$$$$$$$$$$.
Now when winter comes by live off your profit and make friends.
And if you have patience, which I will admit I don't always have,
do your mining in the evening. Depending on your level of equipment
and cooking skill, follow the mining guides mentioned in the forum,
I am not going to link to it you should be able to find it on your
own I know I did. And remember your basket. I don't have tips for
mining since it is very strait forward and very simple.
Last hint plan ahead for the following year crops for all seasons.
Buy your crops ahead of time especially for spring as the first
day is a festival and call your sprites to work early. If you
are like me and do want everything full to the max then have the
sprites work alternating schedules on taking care of your animals
during the winter.
+++++++++Getting Makers+++++++++
To get makers, you need to have adamantine, 20000 gold and upgraded
barns, an easy way to earn adamantine is to get one for 4 medals at
the horse races. Take it to Saibara and have him make it.
+++++++++Shiftys Spending Money FAQ+++++++++
TIPS ON MONEY SPENDING FROM MOST IMPORTANT TO LEAST
1.) Buying a basket/upgrading the rucksack
If you're on your first year, you will be foraging A LOT of things
from the wilderness. Since you start off with a measly 3-sloted
rucksack, carrying all the things you foraged will definitely be
a pain . So you should neither upgrade your rucksack or buy a basket.
What is a basket?
A basket is similar to a portable shipping bin. Like the shipping bin,
once you throw items in, you cannot take them back out and you can only
put shippable items in there. The difference between those two is that
you need to empty the items in your basket in the shipping bin if you
want to ship the items in the basket. Unlike the shipping bin, the
basket can only hold 30 items.
Where do I get the basket/rucksack upgrades?
You can get your basket/rucksack upgrades in the general store which
is located at the very top end of mineral town. See this page for
a map of mineral town and this page for the prices of the items
the general store sell.
2.)Upgrading your watering can
The watering can is one of the key tools to your crop farming
career. The default watering can that you get at the start of
your game only waters 1 little square each time. If you plant
a 3x3 pattern, you will not be able to water the one in the
middle. Therefore, we upgrade the watering can to make it
better.
How do I upgrade my watering can?
To upgrade your watering can, you must go to the
blacksmith owned by Saibara which is located
across the street from the chicken farm.
See this page for a map of mineral town
and this page for the prices.
Where do I find ores? To upgrade your watering can, you
first must have to use it to a certain level so it may
be upgraded and the corresponding ore. I suggest you
have your watering can have a jump start and upgraded
to the 2nd level(silver) when you first go to the
blacksmith. To see what level your tools are at,
press select and go left or right a few screens.
To find ores, you must go to the spring mine and
dig down a certain amount of levels to find the
right ore. To find ores, you must break the rocks
on the level with your hammer.
3.) Buying chickens
Chickens is one of the most easiest ways for
newbies to make money/ give gifts. The
chicken can be bought at the chicken farm which
is located across the street from the
blacksmith and beside the Yodel Ranch.
How do I take care of the chickens?
Your chickens must be fed everyday if you want
it to like you and stay healthy. To buy feed,
you have to go to the poultry farm between
Mon-Sat 11:00am - 04:00pm. Once you buy your
feed, you will find the feed in the feed box.
Everyday, you must take 1 for every chicken
you have and put it in the feeding place.
Also, your chicken's affection will raise
if you pick it up everyday and not abuse it
(leave it out in the rain, leaving it out at
night, hitting it with tools, not feeding it,
etc.). Your chickens will lay normal quality
eggs when they are first bought everyday. The
quality of the produce may rise if it's affect
towards you is high. Read about the produce
rates of chickens here.
How do I reproduce chickens?
You may reproduce your chickens by putting an
egg into the incubator which is left of the
shipping bin(inside your chicken coop). After
around 1 week, your chick will be hatched and
you will be asked to name it. Your newly
hatched chick will remain in that form for
around 1 week and than it will become a full
grown chicken and start laying regular quality
eggs.
4.) Planting crops
Crops is another major money-maker in this game.
To plant crops, you obviously start by buying
seeds, than tilling the soil of your farmland,
than planting the seeds, and than watering them
everyday.
How do I plant crops?
To plant crops, you must first till the soil of
your farmland using your hoe. The pattern you
should till is 3x3.
i.e.
XXX
XXX
XXX
After that you will have to go to neither the
general store or Won's store to buy the seeds.
See this page for a map of mineral town.
After you buy the seeds, return to your tilled
soil and throw the seeds when standing in the
middle of the 3x3 pattern.
i.e.
X=soil
O=Jack stands here.
XXX
XOX
XXX
If you did that correctly, you will see that
all 9 squares have seeds planted in them.
After doing so, water all 9 squares using
the watering can everyday until the crop can
be harvested. Refer to this page for the
seasonal crop list.
5.) Buying a cow
Milk is a good way to make some decent money,
great gift, and a necessity in cooking. To get
milk, you obviously need a cow, which can be
bought in the Yodel Ranch which is located east
of the poultry farm.
How do I take care of my cow?
Similar to the chicken, and every other
livestock you can get(excluding the horse),
you MUST feed the cow everyday! You can buy
cow fodder for 20g a piece at the Yodel Ranch.
Instead of picking it up, you must talk to
the cow everyday and brush it to get it's
affection towards you higher.
Where do I get the brush?
You can buy a for 800g at the blacksmith.
See the full list of purchasable tools from the
blacksmith here.
How do I milk the cow?
Obviously, you will need a milker, which can
be bought at the blacksmith for 2000g.
Just walk up to the cow with the milker
equipped and press B.
How do I reproduce cows?
Unlike the chicken, you have to buy a cow
miracle potion for 3000g at the Yodel Ranch.
To get the cow pregnant, walk up next to it
with the miracle potion equipped and press B.
Your cow is now pregnant. The cow must be an
adult to be pregnant and until the baby is born
(22 days later), you cannot milk your cow.
Also, once the cow is pregnant, it will only
stay in and eat from the top-left-most feeding
place so be sure to put your feed there if one
of your cows are pregnant.
+++++++++Rod Notice+++++++++
The silver rod can only catch things in the sea,
and the gold cant catch things in the sea
///////////////////////////Frequently Asked Questions\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
+++++++++Controls+++++++++
Basic
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Control Pad-Move
A-Pick Up, Drop, Talk
B-Use Item
L-Whistle
R-Run(Hold)
Start-Menu/Pause
Select-Earnings
Advanced
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A+B-Open Rucksack
L+A-Cycle Through Items in Rucksack
L+B-Cycle Through Tools in Rucksack
L+Up-Whistle for Dog
L+Down-Whistle For Horse
+++++++++Glossary+++++++++
Axe-Used for cutting Stumps and logs
Bad Weather-Raining or Snowing
Blessed-A version of cursed that doesn't use as much stamina, and you can
Unequip
Charge Canceling-Charging your Tool and pushing run to cancel the charge
Check-Press A while facing an item
Cursed-Once you equip a cursed tool you cant remove it, it also uses up
tons of stamina
Dig-Use the Hoe on special land
Equip-Having Something on the Top Slot of your Rucksack
Fishing Rod-Tool Used for Fishing
Floors-Floors from the Mine, you go deeper by digging the stairs up
with the hoe
G-Gold
Give-Press A while holding an item and facing a person
Good Weather-Sunny
Hammer-Tool used for Smashing Stones, Boulders and Mining
Hoe-Tool used for tilling your field
Litter-Throwing an item on the ground
Menu-Pressing Start, it brings up a Menu
Milker- Tool used for milking your cow
Offer-Throw an item into the pond with the waterfall
Renewable-A Crop that can be harvested more than once
Rucksack-The pack that holds your Items and Tools
Shearing-Removing Wool from your Sheep
Shears-Tool used for cutting wool off your sheep
Sickle- Tool used for cutting crops and weeds
Spring Mine- The Mine Near the Hot Springs
Talk-Press A While in front of an animal or person
Teleport Stone-Stone Used to Teleport to Other Places
TV. Shopping Network-Watch Channel Left on the TV. every Saturday, use the
Inn's phone to get the item
Uncurse-The process in turning a Cursed tool into Blessed
Upgrading-Taking your Tool to Saibara with an ore and having him upgrade it
Watering Can- Tool used for watering crops
Winter Mine- The mine in the middle of the lake, only accessible in Winter,
also known as Lake Mine
+++++++++Helpful Links+++++++++
http://www.fogu.com/hm4
http://www.cghm.org/hmworld/
http://www.fogu.com/hmforum/viewtopic.php?t=11536
http://www.freewebs.com/hamoer/index.htm
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/game/589702.html
http://www.fogu.com/hmforum/viewtopic.php?p=236528&highlight=#236528
http://www.fogu.com/hmforum/viewtopic.php?p=114558#114558
http://www.fogu.com/hmforum/viewtopic.php?t=17863
http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/harvest_moon_fomt_d.txt
http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/harvest_moon_fomt_e.txt
http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/harvest_moon_fomt_birthday.txt
http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/harvest_moon_fomt_char.txt
http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/harvest_moon_awl_event.txt
http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/harvest_moon_fomt_festival.txt
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/file/harvest_moon_awl_fomt_link.txt
http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/harvest_moon_fomt_heart.txt
http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/harvest_moon_fomt_spring.txt
http://www.gamewinners.com/game_boy_advance/HarvestMoonFriendsMineralTown.htm
http://gameboy.ign.com/objects/489/489696.html?ui=cb_like_01
http://faqs.ign.com/articles/512/512664p1.html
+++++++++Basic Questions+++++++++
PLEASE NOTE: Chers Site is www.fogu.com/hm4, if it mentions that
or has a [url= around it is a result from converting this from
FOGU forums to here.
Q.What do I do when I start this game?
A. Name yourself, Your Dog, Your Farm and Pick your Birthday
Q.How Many Seasons are there?
A. Same as Real Life, 4. Spring, Summer, Autumn/Fall and Winter
Q.How do I Run?
A. Press "R"
Q.How Do I Buy Something?
Ago to the Item on display and press A, you can choose the Quantity of
it depending on what item it is.
Q.How Do I upgrade Buildings?
A. Go to Gotz With the Lumber and Money, ask him to upgrade, if you don't
have enough money, you can buy lumber.
Q.How do I ship something?
A. Hold it and press A while facing the box.
+++++++++Money Questions+++++++++
Q.What are good ways to make money?
A. See the Links and hit Joes Site, or my Money Maker
Q.What do I do in winter?
A. See my Money Maker Link again, it contains winter things
Q.If Zack Is gone for a festival will he pick it up the next day?
A. Some items will, some wont. Either that its that they all do
+++++++++Farming Questions+++++++++
Q.How Do I Get Seeds?
A. Go to Won or The Supermarket and purchase them
Q.How Do I Plant a crop?
A. Use your hoe in an area like this
XXX
XXX X=Crop
X_X _=Empty Space
Then take the seeds and stand in the center, use the seeds, now water
it every day. You don't need to water Grass Though.
Q.Who are the Harvest Sprites?
A. If the goddess was Santa, these would be the elves. They help you
with your farming provided they like you enough. There are seven in total
Aqua,Bold,Chef,Hoggy,Nappy,Staid and Timid
Q.Where can I find the Sprites?
A. They are behind the church, take the path next to the door into the church
Q.They Wont Work for me! Help!
A. They need to be at 3 hearts or more, check the earnings screen off
the menu and hit left a couple times to find their status with you, just
give them around 10 flours each to raise their hearts from 0 to 3, they
start at 2 hearts.
Q.How can I make them better at working on my farm?
A. Play with them or Raise their hearts.
Q.How Do I assign them jobs?
A. Talk to them when they have three hearts, choose the Can you help me?
option, assign them a Job and a Time to work over, The Jobs are:
Animals: Feed and Brush and milk/shear/ship eggs Cows, Sheep and Chickens
Watering: Water all plants
Harvesting: Ship all new Crops
Q.How do I play with them?
A. Talk to them and choose play with me, pick a game and follow the
instructions.
Q.How Do I Care for My animals?
A. Letting them outside and:
Cows
----
Feed them
Brush Them
Milk Them
Talk to Them
Win Cow Festival
Sheep
-----
Feed Them
Brush Them
Shear Them
Talk to Them
Win Sheep Festival
Chickens
--------
Feed Them
Pick them Up
Win Chicken Festival
Dog
---
Pick him up
Play Ball With Him
Win Frisbee Tournament
Horse
-----
Brush Him
Talk to Him (Year one)
Q.I left my Cow/Sheep outside, then next morning they were sick, what's wrong?
A. You didn't have any Grass for them to eat!
Q.I left my Chicken out overnight, it was sick next morning, what's wrong?
A. A Wild Dog Got it, leave your dog out with it or stay there and whack
the wild dog upside the head with a hammer, axe, sickle or hoe
Q.But i did have grass and my dog was out, what did i do?
A. Was it raining outside? or maybe your dog wasn't big enough
to save the chicken, try making fences with chopped wood like this
XXX
XX
X
XX
XXX
Q.How do I get the Horse?
A. Talk to Barley as one of the first people you meet, in a few days he will
bring the horse.
Q.How do I get Chickens/Cows/Sheep?
A. Buy them from their respective stores, Chickens from the Poultry Farm
and Cows/Sheep from Yodel Farm. After you can make your own with incubators
and potions.
Q.I cant milk my cow! Help
A. You must have just bought one, he cant be milked until he grows up, it
takes 7-10 days.
Q.How many Cows/Sheep can i have?
A. up to 16 animals in total, after you upgrade, 8 before you upgrade
Q.How Many Chickens Can I have?
A.8 after you upgrade, 4 before you upgrade
Q.Do my animals live forever?
A. No, sheep and cows have a lifespan of 8 years, chickens have a lifespan of
6
Q.Can animals die any other way?
A. Yes, leave them sick for a while
Q.Can I avoid animal deaths?
A. Yes, save the night before you sleep, if it dies reload. It shouldn't be
dead
Q.Do golden eggs make golden chickens?
A. No
Q.Can I change my chickens color?
A. No
Q. What don't the sprites do?
A. They don't brush your horse, or talk to Cows/Sheep
Q. Can you marry a chicken?
A. No.....
+++++++++Tool & Item Questions+++++++++
Q. I need Help with Mythic Stones
A. Mythic Stones can only be gotten if your tools are blessed
and you are on the following floors of the Spring Mine
60 , 102 , 123, 152, 155, 171, 190, 202, and 222
You may also find the Goddess Gems on those floors
Q. Where can I get the Jewels?
A. First you Need a shelf, then you can get these
Jewel Of Truth
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1.Check the Horses Trough
2.Check the Dogs House
3.Check a lamppost between the Church and Rose Square
4.Buy from Won
5.Buy from the Horse Races
6.The Library, Second Floor, Bottom Row, Middle Shelf
7.Check the Calendar in the Mountain Cabin
8.Win the New Year Gameshow in the Town Cottage
9.Have all 8 in your rucksack or at your shelf. and check Thomas's Fridge
Goddess Gems are in the above question
Kappa Jewels
------------
They are found in the Lake Mine on these floors
Floor 0
Floor 40
Floor 60
Floor 80
Floor 120
Floor 140
Floor 160
Floor 180
Floor 255
Q. How Do I get the Teleport Stone?
A. Dig to floor 255 of the Spring Mine after year 3, dig until you find it.
Q. How do I get the Milker ,Brush and Shears?
A. Buy them from Saibara.
Q. How do I get Cursed Tools
A. You Find them On these floors of the Winter Mine, after your tools are
Mystrile.
Floor 29
Floor 39
Floor 49
Floor 59
Floor 69
Floor 79
Save on the floor above, go down and dig up every spot in the mine,
if it is not there, reload and try again
Q. If I equip a Cursed Tool, Can I Unequip it?
A. Yes, take it to Carter During Confessional and ask him to Bless it
Q. What Time is Confessional?
A. Wednesday and Monday, 1-4 PM or same time on a rainy day
Q. How much is it to Bless a tool?
A.1000G
Q. How do I Un-curse the Tools?
A. Follow these Requirements:
Axe: Use the Tool 255 Times
Fishing Rod: Use Tool 255 Times
Hammer: Equip for Ten Days Straight
Watering Can: Have Carter Bless it 10 times
Sickle: Equip for 10 Days Straight
Hoe: Have Carter Bless it 10 Times
Q. What are the Tool Levels?
A. There are two types of Tools, here are their levels
Normal Tools
Normal
Copper
Silver
Gold
Mystrile
Other Tools
Cursed
Blessed
Mythic
Q.Whats the Blue Feather?
A. The Blue Feather is the item you use to propose, when the time is right
Q.Why cant i get the Blue Feather?
A. You can only purchase it when a girl has an orange heart or more.
Q.How Much Does the Blue Feather Cost?
A.1000G
Q.What Are Power Berries?
A. Power Berries are items that increase your stamina.
Q.How do I get the Power Berries?
A.
1.Dig in your Fields
2.Offer to the Goddess 10 times
3.Check Behind the Winter Mine
4.Dig on floor 19 of the Winter mine
5.With The Mystrile Pole, fish off of the Dock
6.Win the Horse Race
7.Win the Beach Day Competition
8.Buy from the TV. Shopping Network
9.Buy from the Horse Races with Medals
10.Dig on Floor 100 of the Spring Mine
Q.Whats the Blue Power Berry?
A. The Blue Power Berry removes the effect that bad weather has on your
stamina
Q.Where can i get the Blue Power Berry?
A. Toss cucumbers into the Lake where the lake mine is ten days in a row
Q.How Can I Get Golden Lumber?
A. Either do Thomas's Event on Winter 3rd or buy it from Gotz
(will become available after you have enough money)
Q.Can I burn gold lumber?
A. Yes, put normal lumber in the fireplace and then put the lumber in.
Q.How Do I know if I've Foraged Everything?
A. Compare it to here
Spring
Bamboo Shootsx3- Mothers Hill, by the Lake
Blue Grassx2- By Gotz's House
Blue Grass-Hot springs
Orange Grassx2-Beach
Yellow Grassx2-Beach
Summer
Purple Grass x4-Beach
Red Grass-Mothers Hill(Near Lake)
Red Grass-Cemetery
Red Grass-Forest
Red Grass-Hot Springs
Green Grass x2- Mothers Hill (Near Lake)
Green Grass-Hot Springs
Green Grass-Forest
Wild Grapes-Forest
Wild Grapes-Mothers Hill (Near Lake)
Blue Grass x2-Forest
Blue Grass-Hot Springs
Fall
Red Grass x2- Hot Springs
Red Grass-Cemetery
Red Grass-Mothers Hill (Near Lake)
Red Grass-Forest
Green Grass x2-Mothers Hill (Near Lake)
Green Grass-Hot Springs
Green Grass-Forest
Truffle x2-Behind Church
Truffle-Behind the "Sone" (Mothers Hill)
Mushrooms-Forest
Mushrooms-Near Peak of Mothers Hill
Mushrooms-Behind Church
Poisonous Mushroom-Forest
Poisonous Mushroom-Behind Church
Indigo Grass x2-Beach
Winter
White Grass-Forest
White Grass-Behind Church
Q.Where do you play the new year game?
A. In the Town Cottage/Vacation House.
Q.Which Item Heals the most?
A. Elli leaves
Q.I've equipped my cursed hammer for 10 days in a row, and nothing happened!
Help!
A. You have to sleep first, the next morning it will be uncursed (its ten FULL
days)
Q. Do you find the Kappa Gems in rocks or the ground?
A. Rocks
Q.What is the Queen of the Night?
A. A flower that blooms in summer at night on the peak of mothers hill.
Q.How do I get the Queen of the Night?
A. See an event, you wont be able to keep it. So you need to use Codebreaker
or Action Replay to get it.
Q.What is the Band-Aid?
A. I believe its an item from AWL.
Q.How do I get the Band-Aid?
A. You need codes, or there may be an event or maybe you buy them from Van/Lu
Q.I was just wondering if stacking one type of improved food to make another
improved food increase the value of stamina gains and fatigue lost, and is
there anyway to calculate the gains from improved food?
A.
Fatigue : better
Stamina : worse
+++++++++Towns People Questions+++++++++
Q.How do I know if the Townspeople like me?
A. They will let you in their upstairs/backroom or (some) give you a recipe
Q.Whats counts as Littering?
A.
DO count as littering
- Throwing at houses that aren't any of yours.
- Throwing at the roads.
- Throwing at the sea.
Do NOT count as littering
- Throwing at the mines.
- Throwing at any of your houses.
- Throwing at any place from your farm.
- Throwing at the garbage can at the plaza.
- Eliminating the item from the bag.
Thanks to Samurai Goroh
Q.How do I get Married
A.
Requirements for Marriage
-------------------------
Red Heart
Big Bed
Both House Upgrades
Seen All Heart Events
Give Girl Blue Feather
Q.What are Heart Levels?
A. Heart Levels Determine how much a girl Likes you, here they are
Black-Purple-Blue-Green-Yellow-Orange-Red
Q.What are Heart Events?
A. Heart Events are Events that boost a Girls Heart Level, there are
4 per girl (except for the Harvest Goddess)
Ann
Black
-----
Any Day but Monday and Saturday
The Inn
10:40AM-1:00PM
Any Weather
Purple
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Tuesday,Thursday,Saturday,Sunday
The Inn
10:40AM-1:00PM
Any Weather
Blue
----
Monday, Friday
12:00PM-7:00PM
Inn
Any Weather
Yellow
------
Any Day But Monday and Friday
10:40-7:00PM
The Inn
Any Weather
Elli
----
Black
-----
Any Day but Mon, Wed
9AM-7PM
Clinic
All Weather
Purple
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Saturday,Sunday,Thursday
9:00AM-7:00PM
Clinic
All Weather
Blue
----
Wednesday
9:30AM-1:00 PM
Ellen's House
Sunny
Yellow
------
Wednesday
9:00-6:00PM
Beach
Sunny
Karen
-----
Black
-----
Wednesday, Friday
10:00am-1:00pm
Supermarket
All Weather
Purple
------
Monday,Thursday,Saturday
10:00-1:00PM
Supermarket
All Weather
Blue
----
Wednesday, Friday
10:00AM-1:00PM
Supermarket
Sunny
Yellow
------
Monday,Thursday,Saturday
10:00AM-1:00PM
Supermarket
All Weather
Mary
----
Black
-----
Any days but Monday
10:00-4:00
Library
All Weather
Purple
------
Tuesday,Thursday,Saturday,Sunday
10:00am-4:00pm
Library
All Weather
Blue
----
Monday
12:00-5:00pm
Peak of Mothers Hill
Sunny
Yellow
------
Monday
11:30-1:00PM
Basils House
All Weather
Popuri
------
Black
-----
Wednesday, Friday
11:20-1:00PM
Leaving Blacksmith
Sunny
Purple
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Any day But Sunday
6:00AM-12:00am
Leaving Your House
Sunny
Blue
----
Sunday
10:00am-1:00pm
Church
Sunny
Yellow
------
Any day But Tuesday, Sunday
11:20-1:00PM
Poultry Farm
Sunny
Thanks to Samurai Goroh (again)
Q.What Are Rivals?
A. Rivals are your enemies for the girls
Q.Are there rival heart events?
A. Yes, Look at the other FAQs for them. Im not going to write my own.
Q.What happens if my birthday is on the same days as someone else's?
A. Nothing, unless its a girl you can marry, then they have alternate
birthdays
Q.When are the Birthdays?
A.
Q.When are the Alternate Birthdays?
A.
Ann: Summer 22
Elli: Spring 20
Goddess: Spring 9
Karen: Fall 23
Mary: Winter 25
Popuri:Summer 10
Q.What are some good tips for getting girls to like you?
A. Give at least 1 gift a day and talk to them Twice. There are
also other ways to give bonus heart points
Q.What Are the Ways to earn bonus heart points?
A.http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/harvest_moon_fomt_birthday.txt
Karen: Buy things from the supermarket
Elli: Come in for daily checkups
Ann: Buy something from the Inn
Popuri: Have 8 chickens
Goddess: Walk 10000,100000 etc steps, Ship 10,000 , 100,000 , 1,000,000 , etc.
of one thing Catch 10,000 , 100,000 , 1,000,000 , etc. of the same fish
Dig down to floors 100, 200, and 255 of Spring Mine (NOTE: ONLY WORKS ON THE
FIRST TIME!)
Mary: Visit her at library (works once)
Q.I don't understand the Bonus HPs, can you explain it?
A. The girls get a bonus hundred HP when you accomplish the stated thing, for
example, if you buy 99 chocolate Karen will get a bunch of HP, if you bought
99 salads Ann would only get a little, Karen is the only proven girl this works
on.
Q.Gotz Wont work for me. HELP!
A. This sometimes Happens, just give him gifts and eventually he'll
be friends with you again, it may take a year though
Q.How do I Marry the Goddess?
A.
*Catch one of every species of fish
*Ship one of everything
*Have all 9 Jewels of Goddess and Gem of Goddess
*Have big bed
*Dig up every kind of item from Spring Mine
*Dig up every kind of item from Winter (Lake) Mine
*Be in fifth year or later
*Ask Carter to let you marry the Harvest Goddess
Thanks to HMKing16
Q.Can your son grow up?
A. No
Q.Can I have a Girl Baby?
A. No
Q.Can I have more than one baby?
A. No
Q.Can I Divorce my wife
A. No
Q.For the Blue Heart Events, what do you do with the item they give you?
A. Nothing, just stick it on the shelf
Q.I heard you can give Karen her wine on her birthday, is that true?
A. No
Q.I cant see the Blue Heart Event, what's wrong?
A. You need the Big Rucksack (nine slots one)
Q.I cant see any of Cliffs Heart Events, what's wrong?
A. Some of his events must be seen before he gets the winery job
Q.Why do the villagers hate me for putting out gold lumber?
A. They think you are showing off.
Q.Does Rod ever return?
A. No
Q.When you are married, does your wife's schedule change?
A. Yes, they will either be at home all day or go to work
Q.If I marry ______ will she cook for me?
A. No, not unless its for festivals
Q.Do I ask a girl to come with me to the Full Moon Festival before the
festival or on the day?
A. Go to the hill at 6PM, there you will be asked.
Q.If i missed the black heart event for ___, can i still see the purple?
A. Yes.
Q.Thomas asked me to get some black grass, but its winter, where do I find it?
A. The mines, in the floor.
Q.My wife is saying that my son is starting to walk but he isn't, what's up?
A. He might be crawling, which is when she says things like that, if not it
is an error.
Q.I married a girl, and she hates me, what's wrong?
A. Did you use cheats? And she may have been at a black heart when you used an
instant marriage.
Q.I married ____ years ago, and we don't have a kid. What Up?
A.She has to be at 10 hearts for 60 days (not in a row)
Q.What Does ______ Like?
A. See Samurai Goroh's Faq or Chers site.